Bibliograph

The pope who would be king, the exile of Pius IX and the emergence of modern Europe, David I. Kertzer

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The pope who would be king, the exile of Pius IX and the emergence of modern Europe, David I. Kertzer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-443) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The pope who would be king

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

999577208

Responsibility statement

David I. Kertzer

Sub title

the exile of Pius IX and the emergence of modern Europe

Summary

Days after his prime minister was assassinated in the middle of Rome in November 1848, Pope Pius IX found himself a virtual prisoner in his own palace. Only two years earlier Pius's election had triggered a wave of optimism across Italy: he was seen as a youthful, benevolent new pope who would at last bring the Papal States into modern times and help create a new, unified Italian nation. Kertzer documents the story of the violent revolution that signaled the end of the political power of the popes and resulted in the emergence of modern Europe

Table Of Contents

Part one: The beloved. The conclave ; The fox and the crow ; An impossible dilemma ; Papal magic ; The tide turns ; Fending off disaster ; The assassination ; The escape -- Part two: The reviled. The reactionary turn ; Revolution ; Pressuring the Pope ; The friendly army ; The French attack ; Negotiating in bad faith ; Battling for Rome ; The conquest ; The occupation -- Part thee: The feared. Applying the brakes ; Louis Napoleon and the Pope ; The unpopular Pope ; "Those wicked enemies of God" ; Returning to Rome -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

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